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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

revisiting: Maedwell Companies "The Denizen" project for the 1600 block of North Capitol Street NW in between Old Engine 12 and Pub and the People

Regurgitating
more old stuff here...

Recall the
Monday, 12/12/2016, Washingtonian article on Maedwell Companies’ grand plans
for 1634 North Capitol Street NW– located in between Pub and the People and Old
Engine 12? The project was called “The Denizen.”Update:The raze permit for 1634 North Capitol Street NW was never issued.

That has been no action or news on this project for a year now.

Note that Maedwell Companies now has an office at 1644 North Capitol Street NW.

Here is the history on this Denizen project from prior blog posts [this is all old information]:

[ 1 ] Washingtonian: Co-working space, and possibly
a market and cooking school coming to Bloomingdale

Developer Maedwell Companies
plans to break ground on a mixed-use project called the Denizen in DC’s
Bloomingdale neighborhood during the second quarter of 2017. The
developer’s president, Syga Thomas, tells Washingtonian exclusively that he’s in talks with potential cooking
school and grocery tenants for the ground floor of the building at 1634
North Capitol St., NW. Thomas describes the grocery component as “a
garden market” with fresh produce, prepared foods, and a large wine selection,
similar to the Foragers Market chain in New York. He likens
the culinary school to another New York business, Haven’s Kitchen.
He says he envisions it hosting cooking classes for local school kids
during the day, and private dinners and classes for adults in the evenings.On the other side of a pedestrian
walkway/courtyard area, Thomas plans to build a 4,000-square-foot co-working
space, which Maedwell Companies will operate. He says it will likely include
one-, two-, and three-person offices, rather than the open, communal working
areas typical of other co-working concepts.

Upstairs,
three floors of apartments will range from studios to three-bedrooms, all
with ten-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows.
Residents will have access to a shared rooftop terrace. Thomas says he
expects pre-leasing to start in fall 2017. Pricing has not
been finalized.

The
Denizen will be located between Old Engine 12, the historic firehouse converted
into a restaurant in 2014, and the Pub and the People restaurant and bar,
open since spring 2015. As Bloomingdale’s restaurant scene
around 1st St., NW and Rhode Island Ave., NW thrives, Thomas says
he anticipates North Capitol Street will continue to evolve into
a destination, too.

Shortly
thereafter, a permit to raze 1634 North Capitol Street NW was filed.